Downloaded and installed (Grub4Dos frugal on SDD) on my core 2 duo i915 video iwlwifi PAE laptop. Basically installed ok, video driver and resolution correct, wifi connection with frisbee correct, overall running ok with a couple of 1.0 nits. Leafpad is uninstalled but the package manager sees it as still installed, hence won't install it. I use it for some system files, see : http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=88778

For some reason, at idle, independent of cpu governor installed or powermode chosen, the kernel? gvfs? ? is chewing up enough cpu cycles to keep the fan on continuously. Not so in x-precise either PAE or non-PAE or alphaOS etc. Haven't installed straight slacko 5.6 so I don't know if that does. May try that. For now, x-precise ahead on overall smoothness with a clear nod to the package manager in x-slacko.

Kernel? Different thunar? The 1.5% on this laptop is more in line with other pups with relatively new kernels. _________________Pups currently in kennel X-slacko 2.3.2n and 3b6, LxpupTahr 15.02 non-PAE, and trusty Carolina/Carolite (now battleshooters 1.3-vanguard edition R2). All lean and steady pups. Oh, and Lx flavours of unicornpup for fun

Leafpad is uninstalled but the package manager sees it as still installed, hence won't install it.

Both precise and slacko do this (pre-X) and I can't find where ppm is getting this info from. I removed every instance of "leafpad" in the .packages files and it still comes up as installed. Although, I just tried leafpad from ppm and it did install.

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For some reason, at idle, independent of cpu governor installed or powermode chosen, the kernel? gvfs? ? is chewing up enough cpu cycles to keep the fan on continuously. Not so in x-precise either PAE or non-PAE or alphaOS etc. Haven't installed straight slacko 5.6 so I don't know if that does. May try that. For now, x-precise ahead on overall smoothness with a clear nod to the package manager in x-slacko.

Tried X-slacko on my dual core pae lappy and it seems the same as with windows, fan stays on low speed.

Tried X-slacko-non-pae on my pentium M-1.5, fan starts on high then throttles to low and eventually shuts off at idle._________________X-slacko-3b6 with Xfce-4.12.0 - X-slacko-2.3.2 - X-precise-2.4
X-slacko new repoX-precise/X-slackoEdited_time_total

I scrummaged about in .packages etc. too and found no traces of leafpad. I'll test the non-PAE x-slacko when it's out. I don't see any double display of drives when mounted in thunar 1.6.2 in x-precise 2.11. Am I mislooking? Or is it something with precise core vs wary/slacko cores? Thanks for taking the time to look at cpu use. In x-precise on one of the Pentium M now. Just does what it should _________________Pups currently in kennel X-slacko 2.3.2n and 3b6, LxpupTahr 15.02 non-PAE, and trusty Carolina/Carolite (now battleshooters 1.3-vanguard edition R2). All lean and steady pups. Oh, and Lx flavours of unicornpup for fun

Must be some ppm issue listing removed apps as installed. I'm stumped as to were it gets this info from.

Not sure why precise doesn't double up the drives in thunar-1.6.2 when mounted, that and the fact that simple file sharing can add an emblem with it were the reasons for updating. Both slacko and lina do the double drive thing and it can get a bit messy if you have lots of partitions._________________X-slacko-3b6 with Xfce-4.12.0 - X-slacko-2.3.2 - X-precise-2.4
X-slacko new repoX-precise/X-slacko

Some testing of X-slacko-1.0 non-pae.
First attempt on my main Athlon XP box w/ old Nvidia card resulted in XFCE not starting, I forget the error message though.
Second attempt on my P3 test box w/ onboard Intel graphics resulted in the same, XFCE wouldn't start.
Third attempt, everything is working on a newer box.

When I get time I'll try again on the older hardware and get the error message.